Chris Gilbert (American football)

Chris Gilbert
Date of birth	October 16, 1946
Place of birth	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	HB
US college	University of Texas
Career highlights and awards
	Consensus All-American (1968); Second-team All-American (1967); SWC Player of the Year (1968); 3× First-team All-SWC (1966, 1967, 1968);
	College Football Hall of Fame;

Chris Gilbert (born October 16, 1946) is an American former football player.

Gilbert ran for 3,231 yards in 29 games for the University of Texas in 1966–68. He was the first player in NCAA history to record three 1,000-yard rushing seasons—rushing for 1,080 as a sophomore, 1,019 as a junior, 1,132 as a senior, averaging 5.4 yards per rushing attempt.^[1] He was All-Southwest Conference three times and consensus All-America in 1968. In his career, he returned 20 kickoffs, averaging 22.7 yards on each and scored 28 touchdowns in 29 games. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the fifth round of the 1969 NFL/AFL draft but never played in the NFL. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.

References

^ Chris Gilbert at the College Football Hall of Fame

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[1] Chris Gilbert at the College Football Hall of Fame

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v t e 1968 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Offense	QB Terry Hanratty B Chris Gilbert B Leroy Keyes B O. J. Simpson E Jerry LeVias E Ted Kwalick T Dave Foley T George Kunz G Charles Rosenfelder G Jim Barnes G Mike Montler C John Didion
Defense	DL Joe Greene DL Ted Hendricks DL Chuck Kyle DL Bill Stanfill DL Ed White DL John Zook LB Steve Kiner LB Dennis Onkotz LB Mike Ballou DB Jake Scott DB Roger Wehrli DB Al Worley